Car-coupling



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T. JOHNSON 8v W. G. ROBISON.

GAR COUPLING.

No. 243,707. Patented July 5, 1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS JOHNSON AND WILLIAM G. ROBISON, OF COLDVVATER, MICHIGAN.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 243,707, dated July 5, 1881.

Application filed March 23, 1881.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we,THOMAs JOHNSON and WILLIAM GABRIEL RoBIsoN, citizens of the United States, residin gin the city of Goldwater, in the county of Branch and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Oar-Coupling Machine, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in car-coupling machines in which one or more coupling-hooks are used in connection with bumpers and levers; and the object of our improvement is, first, to provide a safe and convenient method of coupling cars, by which the danger tolife and limb will be obviated; and, second, to do away with the necessity of employing the amount of help heretofore necessary in the running of trains of cars, and especially those used in the carrying of freight. We attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a view of a portion of the coupler attached to the end of the car. Fi g. 2 is a front view of the car with a part of the coupler and levers attached thereto. Fig. 3 is a top view, representing the coupling-hooks.

The letters of reference refer to the same parts in each figure.

Ais the bumper, made ofiron, running under the car lengthwise a sufficientdistance for practical purposes.

B refers to hooks made of iron or steel, of

' sufficient strength for practical use. They are held in position by bolts running through the bumpers A in a horizontal position.

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pass each other on one side or the other before falling into the bumper when the coupling is complete, said hooks working freely on bolts 0 C, before referred to.

G represents the opening or cavity in the outer end of the bumper, to allow the insertion of the link commonly used, when desired.

H represents the cavity or opening in the bumpers, to admit the hooks when meeting to produce a couple.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, in a car-coupler, of the bumpers, as represented in letters A A, the hooks, as represented in letters B B, the lever, as shown in lettersD D, and the bevel on hooks, as shown in letter F.

Witnesses:

A. T. LANPHERE, Mrs. W. H. GREEN. 

